The investigation covers how four decades of wage stagnation and compounding cost increases created the conditions for $18.8 trillion in household debt, what behavioral economics reveals about why conspicuous spending runs deepest where financial security is thinnest, and why stagflation breaks the Federal Reserve’s two mandates simultaneously, leaving ordinary households to absorb the cost of an impossible choice. No solutions here. Just the full picture.
#4.Trapped in a Hamster Wheel Economy
The science behind the squeeze: debt cycles, behavioral economics, and why the Fed can't save us.
May 20, 2026
Aware Trade Podcast
We're living in an era of late-stage capitalism where corporations, governments, and institutions consistently choose profit over people. And they get away with it because we're too busy, distracted, and burned out to notice. Aware Trade investigates what they'd rather you didn't know so you can make informed decisions and help build a more conscious world.
We're living in an era of late-stage capitalism where corporations, governments, and institutions consistently choose profit over people. And they get away with it because we're too busy, distracted, and burned out to notice. Aware Trade investigates what they'd rather you didn't know so you can make informed decisions and help build a more conscious world.Listen on
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